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Overview

This unspoilt northerly province is the spot to take your foot off the pedal and go slow, Friesian-style, amid raw coastal nature and a profusion of namesake black-and-white cows.

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Must-see attractions

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    Eise Eisinga Planetarium

    Eise Eisinga Planetarium

    Friesland

    The Eise Eisinga Planetarium is named after its builder, an 18th-century wool comber with a serious sideline in cosmic mathematics and astrology. Between…

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    Lighthouse

    Frisian Islands

    Ameland's iconic red-and-white banded lighthouse stands 55m tall on the island's west end. The only lighthouse in the island chain that is open to the…

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    Natuurcentrum Ameland

    Frisian Islands

    Just north of Nes village, this centre features an excellent seaquarium in which a number of North Sea species swim around, including manta rays,…

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    Lauwersmeer National Park

    Lauwersmeer National Park

    Friesland

    Nature lovers are in paradise in this tiny national park protecting the man-made watery shallows of Lauwersmeer, split between Friesland and the…

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    Museum Hannemahuis Harlingen

    Museum Hannemahuis Harlingen

    Friesland

    Housed in the 18th-century mansion of a prominent Harlingen family, this museum deals primarily with the town's maritime heritage, in particular its role…

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    Bunker Museum

    Bunker Museum

    Frisian Islands

    Hidden in woods east of West-Terschelling is an extraordinary subterranean network of 85 bunkers used as a military radar station during WWII…

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    Museum Hindeloopen

    Museum Hindeloopen

    Friesland

    Displays in this small museum, inside the former town hall (1683) next to the church, focus on the town's seafaring history and traditional crafts, in…

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    Museum Tromp's Huys

    Museum Tromp's Huys

    Frisian Islands

    Journey back in time to island life in the early 20th century at this tiny house-museum, inside the oldest building on Vlieland, dating to 1575. The…

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